In hepatitis, neonatal
jaundice, cirrhosis, and liver cancer the liver is unable to filter
certain poisons and waste products from the blood. The build-up of
these toxins in the blood pose a major health risk. Activated charcoal,
taken internally or applied externally, is well known to adsorb these
poisons and to support the liver in its work of detoxifying the blood.

Hepatitis

Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver, and inflammation of the liver may be caused from:
• Infections from parasites, bacteria, or viruses (including hepatitis A, B, C,…)
• Liver damage from alcohol, drugs, or poisonous mushrooms
• An overdose of acetaminophen, and certain seizure medication, high blood pressure and heart medication, and antibiotics
• Immune cells in the body attacking the liver and causing autoimmune hepatitis
• Inherited factors – cystic fibrosis

Whatever the cause, the liver, the one organ responsible for filtering
and removing most toxins from the body, is temporarily or chronically
incapable of fully doing its job.

Since the liver is so involved in filtering the blood of toxins and
impurities, and since charcoal has such a reputation for removing
unwanted pollutants from such a wide variety of products, it makes
perfect sense that charcoal would be a natural choice of remedies to
supplement the work of the liver. In fact, a liver dialysis unit uses
activated charcoal to purify the blood when there is severe liver
failure, just as a kidney dialysis machine uses a bed of granular
activated charcoal to detoxify the blood when the kidneys are sick.

Liver Cancer

“The memory of one
treatment, given to a gentleman with liver cancer, is still vivid. His
abdomen was quite distended from his condition, making it difficult for
him to breathe. I had not been assigned to work with him, but stepped
in for one of the other students. I followed the doctor’s orders, and
made a charcoal poultice for the patient to wear over the kidney area
on his back during the night. The next morning when I removed the
poultice, I was completely incredulous at what I discovered. There was
a distinct yellowish stain in the white areas of the poultice, and even
more amazing, the poultice reeked with that unmistakable odor of urine!
It was clear to me that the charcoal poultice, in some mysterious way,
had managed to help eliminate body wastes. When I later learned that
kidney and liver dialysis equipment use a bed of charcoal through which
the blood is filtered, I better understood why the doctor had
prescribed the poultice.” CharcoalRemedies.com page 21

Hepatitis

“Another of our
earlier and rewarding experiences with charcoal, had to do with
hepatitis. Pastor Caban suffered with chronic hepatitis and had been
released from his ministerial duties. He had been in and out, and back
and forth to the hospital several times. However, his condition was not
improved. He had heard that we had been instrumental in helping
different people suffering with various ills. Their health had
responded favorably to some small changes in their lifestyle along with
some simple treatments. But the minister was not convinced. He had,
like most of us, heard of some bizarre treatments and fly-by-night
clinics. But when some relatives reminded him that he had not improved
with conventional therapies, he decided he had little to lose by coming
and staying with us.

“It is strange to see
a dark skinned person with a yellow tinge. Pastor Caban’s jaundiced
condition was most obvious in his glazed yellow eyes. This yellow
pigmentation is a sure sign that the liver is not doing its job of
filtering out certain waste products in the blood. It so happens that
direct sunlight is able to break down these bile pigments that
accumulate in the skin. So, besides having him follow a simple
vegetarian diet, we scheduled Pastor Caban to take a sunbath twice a
day. He found both these remedies to his liking.

“There is an age-old
maxim that bears repeating, “The life is in the blood”. It would follow
then, that perfect health would depend upon perfect circulation. This
is the most fundamental physiological principle to be considered when
striving for optimum health. With this in mind, we began applying moist
hot packs (Chapter 17) over his liver. This would naturally promote
circulation and stimulate his autoimmune system. These fomentation
treatments, as they are called, can also be very relaxing to the
patient. Pastor Caban did not seem to mind these at all. Having
dispelled some of his apprehensions, he was more receptive to our next
suggestion.

“Knowing charcoal has
a strong affinity for bile products, we now asked him to begin taking
activated charcoal daily. He was to use it both internally and as a
poultice over his liver at night. The charcoal would help to relieve
some of the workload on the liver. Waste products within the bowels
would attach to the charcoal and toxins in the blood would be drawn
through the skin into the poultice.

“Whether it was the
sunbaths, the diet, the fomentations, or the charcoal, I cannot say,
but I can vouch, as can Pastor Caban, that within three weeks not only
did his color return to normal, so did his liver functions. The latter
was confirmed by blood work done at the hospital.” CharcoalRemedies.com page 25

Neonatal Jaundice

“It’s one thing to
believe, and to practice some remedy on oneself. It is something else
again to care for a child. When Nathan, our firstborn, came along, he
was somewhat jaundiced. The yellow-orangish appearance of his skin and
eyes was due to the build up of bilirubin, a bile pigment that was not
being properly metabolized. For various reasons, the liver sometimes
does not kick into gear at birth, as it should have with Nathan. Out he
went into the sun for a daily sunbath. Charcoal has also been credited
with lowering bilirubin levels. But, since babies are only designed to
swallow at birth and not chew, we mixed some activated charcoal powder
in a bottle of water and let the particles settle out. We then poured
this slurry water off into a baby bottle and popped that into his
mouth. After a couple of days, and several ounces of slurry water
later, he was a healthy ruddy pink.”CharcoalRemedies.com page 27

Liver Functions

Here are lab tests to
demonstrate that what can happen when charcoal is taken internally may
also be effected when applied externally.

In a letter to his
doctor, Peter writes, “Following my liver biopsy test last January, you
wrote me to advise that the biopsy was essentially normal, and that
there was no further treatment needed at this time. While I appreciate
such good news, I also took the advise of a close friend who suggested
an old fashioned remedy that would expedite my liver returning to it’s
normal function and enzyme level. Since last February, I have been
drinking a large glass of water every day that contains a large
tablespoon of activated charcoal. For the first month or so I also
slept at night twice a week, with a charcoal poultice taped over my
liver. Last week I had my doctor in Mt. Vernon, draw some blood and run
the liver tests again for me. The results were, I thought, truly
amazing.

Alkaline Phosphatase – 99 down from 218

GGTP – 89 down from 302

SGPT – 31 down from 229

“During this same
period all the symptoms of my hiatal hernia have disappeared, my
cholesterol level has dropped from 293 to 270, and my triglycerides
level from 299 to 260. I hope this update report is of interest and
possibly assistance to you in treating similar patients.”

One can only hope
that Peter’s doctor made good use of this clinical proof of charcoal’s
detoxifying and restorative powers. But whether he did or not, these
benefits are ready to accrue to your health too just as soon as you put
charcoal to work. CharcoalRemedies.com page 157

Liver Cancer

As reported in The Lancet (Sept. 19, 1981), research has shown that oxygen adheres to charcoal in hemoperfusion for temporary artificial liver support.

Donald J. Hillebrand,
MD, is associate professor of medicine, chief of hepatology, and
medical director of liver transplantation at Loma Linda University
Hospital. He reported, before the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American
Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, that patients with
episodic type C hepatic encephalopathy (EHE) may be able to benefit
from dialysis using a charcoal-based liver dialysis unit (LDU). In a
prospective study of eighteen patients with EHE, sixteen showed
significant improvement in mental status within two days. In their
study abstract, Dr. Hillebrand and colleagues write, “Charcoal-based
hemodiabsorption utilizing LDU treatments are able to safely, rapidly
and effectively resolve EHE failing to respond to twenty-four hours of
appropriate medical management in patients with advanced cirrhosis.”
This can represent a significant benefit to patients who otherwise can
face a 10% to 30% risk of death. Other indications the Loma Linda team
is considering for treatment with the LDU, include chronic liver
failure, hepato-renal syndrome, liver failure after surgical
interventions such as cholecystectomy, and liver transplant recipients
who receive a marginal graft organ. CharcoalRemedies.com page 155

Coincidentally, no
one knows exactly why, charcoal taken by mouth has also been found to
relieve pruritis (localized or systemic itching) that is often
associated with uremia and long-term dialysis treatments.

Hepatitis A

David is an RN and is
keenly aware of the challenges of primitive settings. As the medical
coordinator for a non-governmental organization working worldwide,
David provides an information sheet on natural remedies for each
overseas worker. Most of these travelers are completely unprepared for
the challenges of their proposed new homes. Most have been brought up
in communities within easy access to emergency and medical facilities.
And too, they are largely uninformed about the rational treatment of
disease without the use of toxic drugs. David has a varied background.
He has worked as a registered nurse in modern American hospitals, as
well as establishing health services where no health care existed in a
district of fifty villages in remote Papua New Guinea (PNG).

“While in PNG my project partner John got hepatitis A. He used rest and
simple diet to fully recover. It took him about six weeks. I had heard
about using charcoal, so when I got the same hepatitis two weeks after
John got it, I drank activated charcoal slurry (I don’t remember how
much). I recovered in two weeks. I also used charcoal at our clinic
for simple diarrhea. I would commonly give half a teaspoon of charcoal
in water, and then send some home with them to take three times a day.
It seemed to be helpful.” CharcoalRemedies.com page 67

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